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    A look at the Texas mental health workforce shortage

    By Stephen Simpson The Texas Tribune,

    4 days ago
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    The Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists holds a discussion with the Association of State & Provincial Psychology Boards regarding the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology on April 11 in Austin. Mariann Burnett-Atwell, Michelle Paul, Jennifer Laforce, Hao Song and Alex Siegel sat on the panel during the discussion. Maria Crane/The Texas Tribune

    Texas is in the midst of a mental health workforce shortage. But where is the state short?

    Today, 246 of Texas’ 254 counties are wholly or partly designated by the federal government as “mental health professional shortage areas,” and that’s in a state where roughly 5 million people do not have health insurance. This has had a particularly dire effect in rural, border and frontier counties in Texas, as some regions might have only one mental health professional — or none.

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